Force and the Belpre Police
Department executed a search warrant at 705 Elm Street early Saturday morning, after an undercover
operative purchased five grams of crack cocaine inside the house.

Two 17-year-old juveniles
were present during and witnessed the sale of the crack cocaine. Mincks says
that during the search officers recovered "buy money" utilized in the
purchase along with numerous pills, a crack pipe, which tested positive for the drug, and a small amount of marijuana.

Officers arrested Kenneth
Stephens, 25, of Parkersburg, for third-degree felony trafficking in crack cocaine in
an amount greater than five grams, in the presence of a juvenile. Mincks says Stephens has previous arrests for felony theft and domestic violence.

She will also be
held on an outstanding drug warrant from Athens County. Mincks says LaFatch has previous arrests for drug possession, theft, bad checks, fleeing-and-eluding and contempt of court.

Both were transported to the Washington
County Jail, where they await an appearance in Marietta Municipal Court. Mincks
says additional charges will be filed concerning the pills after they are
identified and tested.